Gtalk

alternative GTalk

1. abbreviationcolloquialhistoricalAbbreviation of Google Talk.

   He was a lot more exhausted than usual, obviously, with a new baby in the house. We still spoke over gtalk nearly every day, but our chats were constantly interrupted.

   2011, Brianna Karp, The Girl's Guide to Homelessness, Don Mills, O.N.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 255

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   Google's entire strategy is based on doing things that other people have been doing for years, but doing them better (search, Gmail, Gtalk, maps etc). Shared Stuff still has some way to go.

   2007 September 21, Jack Schofield, “Google Shared Stuff slips out, disappoints”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2023

   Synonyms: Gchat, Gmessage

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gtalk.

   Microsoft has a test version of its message system that can link to GTalk.

   2007 December 4, Saul Hansell, “A Year Later: Chat on AIM through GMail”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2007

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   In instant messaging, GTalk is someway behind. MSN Messenger leads with 262 million users worldwide for July and Yahoo Messenger has 114 million. GTalk has 5 million.

   2008 September 2, Jemima Kiss, “Google joins the browser wars with Chrome”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2014

   GTalk users who inadvertently entered login information on the fraudulent site should change their Google Account password and security question, the statement said.

   2009 February 24, Andrew LaVallee, “Google Warns Users About ViddyHo”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC